A Man from Mesopotamia Ur of Chaldeans, specifically Karemlash! Left to Europe … later to the New World … a journey around the world … experiences … difficulties … Spiritual life … Different people … Different cultures … Different languages … (Aramaic - Arabic - Italian - French - English) who knows what else… On his way to follow the word of God … and His beloved Son JESUS CHRIST * Forever.

After the tragedy of last Sunday, on the Holy Trinity feast: June 03, 2007, we have Lost Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni, and three of his sub-deacons companions. They were killed with no pity by 6 Muslim Terrorists in the City of Mosul (400km) northern Baghdad-Iraq. Fr. Ganni’s mom is my first cousin, he was my friend since I was 7 years old!

On Thursday, June 07th, the Irish College where fr. Ganni studied for more than 6 years between 1996-2003, invited all Chaldeans to preside the Holy Liturgy for him and his companions the Martyrs. It was a big celebration. The number of attendants was almost 200 clergy, religious and lay people. A significant presence of both religious and civil authorities marked the event. 3 Cardinals of the Catholic church (Card. Dawood prefect of the congregation of Eastern Churches, Card. Law, archpriest of Basilica St. Maria Maggiore and a retired Irish Cardinal), plus 3 ambassadors (of G.B, Ireland and Iraq. And a delegation from the American Embassy toward the Holy See).

Msgr. Philip Najim (the chaldean procurator toward the vatican, and the Apostolic Visitor for Chaldean in Europe) presided the Liturgy, and the funeral prayer. He gave indeed a strong and effective homily, about Fr. Ganni, and the miserable situation in Iraq. He called the international Society to interfere to help the suffering country, and the persecuted Christianity in Iraq sine 2003!

May you soul rest in peace forever father Ragheed with all the Martyrs is the heaven, with Our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

About Me

Fr. Felix Shabi
I was Born in "Karemlash", near Mosul, Iraq 1975. In 1992 I entered "Simon Peter Seminary" of the "Chaldean Patriarchate of Babylon" in Baghdad and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1998. I worked in the Chaldean Diocese of Mosul between 1998 and 1999 as a pastor of St. Joseph parish in the time of Archbishop George Garmo. In the summer of 1999 I received a scholarship from my diocese to study in Rome. I joined the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Rome (Pontificio Istituto Orientale) for just over two years and gained a master's degree in the canon law of the Eastern Churches. Arriving in United States of America on Thanksgiving Day Nov 27, 2002, I was named a parochial vicar of St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in San Diego California. On February 2006 I went back to Rome to pursue my doctoral studies. After five years on my pastoral service in the new diocese, I was ordained Chorbishop of the Diocesan Chancery of St. Peter Eparchy on December 07, 2007 by his Excellency bishop Sarhad Y. Jammo. I am still working as a diocesan chancellor since then ...